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Is Senora Beba staying...

posted 16 years ago by mistresszhivago
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In the end when the socialite (Senora Beba) is at a loss of where to put her extra things as she concedes to moving to a smaller place - she runs to Dora. I think it was a pretense - she could have stored her stuff or even sold it...

As the two women sit drinking tea, Dora says that it's getting late and she should stay - directs the mover to put the bed inside. Senora Beba gets this look on her face - the movie ends/cuts to credits...

We see that Beba does ACTUALLY get a smaller place -- We see the piano being lowered out the window of the bigger place and then the mover saying it would not fit through the door of the new place.

My question is, do you guys think Beba will now move in with Dora? She really is lost and Dora offers her stability, safety and comfort.

Dora's husband is clearly stepping out with a lady in the neighborhood and Dora may let him go out of her loyalty to Senora Beba...

It just seems to me that the most prized possession of hers may be the grand piano and if she wants to "save" it, she can't do that by leaving it OUTSIDE at Dora's... it won't fit in Dora's small house. Why not sell it? Senora Beba did seem to sort of "size up the place" in a "Could I see myself staying here?" "I could fix it up a bit" sort of way (HA HA)! NOTE: Senora Beba knew good and well that Dora was not wealthy and did NOT live in a "bigger" place...

Senora Beba's lights have been turned off for goodness sake! Where does she get the money to get a new place? Sure she's renting out her old place, but is it enough to live on going forward? What will her other socialite friends say? If so, can she handle living all alone at a lower level?

Seems to me she desperately needs Dora.

Anyhew... just wondering if anyone else thought her stay with Dora might be permanent for moral support.

By the way, I absolutely LOVED Dora!

[–] pivilu 16 years ago

I agree with you 100%. Her prospects are very limited, as she seems unwilling to change her "lifestyle". Should she get a job, and a smaller flat, her friends will quickly abandon her or openly treat her as a charity case.

By staying with Dora, she prolongs the one relationship that will allow her to pretend she is still the lady of the house, although judging by Dora's behavior when she wasn't getting paid, I suspect the power of balance in their relationship will soon shift.

[–] mistresszhivago 16 years ago

"I suspect the power of balance in their relationship will soon shift."

You are soooo right! Dora is cool and everything, but she's not a push-over when it comes to her and hers. I think she commands respect in a quiet way. Like when her husband was at his Mistress' house grilling in the yard, she just says "Let's go."

It leaves so many possibilities - it was such a yummy movie! I would love to have it on DVD!

[–] raycox 16 years ago

Part of me thinks that Beba is trying to convey to Dora that she does want to move in, but I doubt it will happen. She probably just spends the night much like how Dora came over just to deliver Beba's birthday cake. While they need each other for moral support on both ends, they probably would not go back to the living together arrangement of the past.

Perhaps the piano is the only thing of value Beba has left and since she can't keep it herself, she would rather give it to Dora instead of selling it and never seeing it again. At least with Dora having it, she can come visit.

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